Fountain-sponge.



PATE1\I'1TBD s152126, 1905.

G. H. WILLISl FOUNTAIN sPoNGB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.l2. 1903.

' i'erred The fountain-sponge herein described is equeil y serviceable for scrubbing end'general cleaning as well as toilet purposes.' When used'in e position where s faucet is not available, the sponge xnaybesupiplied with water from an elevated tank or bucket, and in Fig.

2 I have illustrated the invention in'this connectionnsvit may be used, for-exemple, for

' scrubbing doors, washing carriages, &c. The

tank is placed upon en elevnted support und the end of the exible tube is lextended into the seme, the water in this instance being fed tothe sponge by siphonie action. In order to regulate the feed ot' the Water, n. suitable device, such es the ordinary linger-operated clamp 20, may be provided to compress the tubing 'when it is desired to shut ofi` or reduce the supply o" Water.

- The pocket orcnvity 13 in the sponge forms e receptacle tor sozip and muy be of any -deaired shape or size. Soep for this purpose maybe put up in suitable sticks nud inserted in the pocket by deteching the coupling` 16 from 'the nipple ii end then passing the soup through th'c'lntter. The end of the coupling i6 is then returned to the nipple. in using the device theivater passing through the nip ,pie i1 idto the sponge softens the soap, so

thet by the working of the sponge in the hand in .the ordinary use of the same the spongcis kept constantly liiled with luther. ".iis nvoids scoping the sponge by bend.

endet/1.

do n0thowever, limit myself to u sponge having n. sonp-eontnining,r pocket in conibiuntion with the fountnin attachment, :is the sponge muy be used ulone in the lnnnner of the ordinary hund-springe, und when so used u plug, suoli us 21, muy be inserted in the' mouth of thc nipple or pocket, ns shown in Fig. 3. to prevent the egress nl' the soup. Moreover, the sponge, provided with :t nipple attached thereto for use with n connection for supplying water to the' sponge, us described, may be made nud sold us :t sepurute article of'manui'ucture. K

Having described my invcntion,\vln1tl cluixn is# 1. In n device 'of the class described, in conibinetion, n rubber sponge having n pocliot extending into the suine, 'n iiexible nipple opening into the pocket und vulcanized to the sponge, und n iiexible tube connected to the nipple ior conducting' wuter to the sponge.

2. In ndevice of the clnss described, n ruhber sponge having n'pocliet oponingg` through its surface and extending to nein-ly the opposite side thereohnliexihle rubber nipple projecting beyond the surlnce of the sponge und hnving u tubuhlr perliorntid extension loi-nted in and extending thclongth of the pocket und vulcnnized to theoponire, and u lloxihle tubel connected to the nipple.

l' 1n testimony whereof I nliix my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

` GLENN H. li'liililt.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN F. Fenix, J OHN W. Briononrr. 

